Re: Mobile Phone Suggestions

From	"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: Mobile Phone Suggestions
Date	2015-12-10 11:53 +1100
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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Petzl" <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 04:38:58 +1100, "Rod Speed"
>> <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> wrote
>>>> keithr <no-one@nowhere.com.au> wrote
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>
>>>>>> The other real downside with google maps
>>>>>> is that it burns up the battery at a hell of a
>>>>>> rate. Not yet clear exactly why, whether it
>>>>>> keeps the screen turned on and that is what
>>>>>> is doing it or what. No biggy in the car as
>>>>>> its easy enough to power the phone from
>>>>>> the car to fix that. But it did that when
>>>>>> coming into town on the bus last night too.
>>>>>> Mega thunderstorm building up and I was
>>>>>> watching that on the phone and having
>>>>>> another look at google maps updating
>>>>>> arrival time as the driving behaviour changes.
>>>>>> The dunny on the bus was busted so he had
>>>>>> to do an extra dunny stop. I hadn't realised
>>>>>> that the bus basically pulls up at all but the
>>>>>> most tiny towns just in case someone wants
>>>>>> to get on.
>>>
>>>>> Battery use is nothing to do with Google maps as such, any app
>>>>> that uses the GPS is a battery burner. Its just the way it is with 
>>>>> GPS.
>>>
>>>> if you are using GPS switch phone to 2G to conserve power
>>>> Turn off everything else, vibrate, weather, facebook anything
>>>> linked to Data reception
>>>
>>>I generally don't bother, leave wifi and bluetooth on all the time
>>>too. I do normally turn mobile data off because its convenient to
>>>force the phone to only use wifi when its available.
>>>
>>>With the iphone you can explicitly specify that some stuff
>>>like podcast updating and app updates only happens on
>>>wifi, never on mobile data, but there is a bug which can
>>>see that get ignored at times and I have seen a burst of
>>>mobile data use that looks like its app updates from the
>>>volume. That's why I deliberately turn the mobile data off
>>>when I remember to do that.
>>>
>>>You are much more limited with mobile data off when
>>>using the two main GPS apps, google maps and apple
>>>maps so I have mobile data turned on when using them.
>>>I normally use google maps but sometimes use apple
>>>maps because Siri uses Apple maps and there is no
>>>way to force it to use google maps. Don't actually
>>>use Siri to initiate navigation that much tho, it can
>>>be fucking hopeless at times, too stupid to realise
>>>that I'm very unlikely to want to drive to Wall St,
>>>NY and much more likely to want to go to
>>>Waugh St just a couple of KM away instead etc.
>>>
>>>It is handy when you are driving around as the
>>>only person in the car and prefer to not have to
>>>stop to initiate a new navigation etc.
>>>
>>>I bet the problem is the screen and it looks likely
>>>that you should be able to force the screen off if
>>>you start a navigation and then turn the screen
>>>off manually. And when you check something
>>>like the time to destination, turn the screen off
>>>after doing that. Otherwise it appears to be
>>>keeping the screen on so you can glance at it.
>>>
>>>The other obvious approach is to always power
>>>the phone from the car when doing those longer
>>>runs so you don't care about power use.
>>>
>>>Not practical on the garage sale run tho because
>>>you need the phone with you out of the car as well
>>>as in it until the iphone gets inductive charging.
>>>
>>>And I must get off my arse and get a proper bluetooth
>>>handsfree now that we coordinate when the garage
>>>sales have opened with phone calls. It's a bit awkward
>>>with a manual car otherwise and the fine isn't cheap.
>
>> The best for main cities is a UBD map can probably email you one but
>> it's a bit over a gig (my upload speed is pathetic) has all major
>> cities/capitals in Australia.
>
> Don't worry, google maps works fine for me thanks.

The big advantage with using the phone is that it shows you
where you are so you don't have to bother checking the street
signs to see where you are and can get it to tell you were to go
so you don't have to keep looking at the map as you walk around.

> It allows walking directions too which can be very handy.
>
>> My TomTom still goes
>
> I assume mine does too, haven't tried it for a couple of years tho.
>
>> I just update the map every 3 years
>
> I don't bother anymore and prefer google
> maps which is what I use every week now.
>
>> it only works from the "cigarette lighter" batery is dead ages ago.
>
> Mine still has a good battery.

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